Ring display stand



p 1965 R. EICHHORN ETAL 3,208,713

RING DISPLAY STAND Filed July 29, 1963 FIG INVENTORS.

REINHOLD EICHHORN FRED A. FROST BY MB ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,208,713 RING DTSPLAY STAND Reinhold Eichhorn, Joshua Green Bldg., and Fred A. Frost, Shafer Bldg., both of Seattle, Wash. Filed July 29, 1963, Ser. No. 298,126 1 Claim. '(Cl. 248451) This invention relates to what may be a jewelry store item and is herein designated as a ring display holder. More particularly, it has to do with the formation of a holder for a ring whereby the ring may be held in the most advantageous position for its display in a show case for viewing by customers.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a special form of spring tensioned clip by which a finger ring, or various other articles, may be releasably gripped and held in a suitable display position; which clip is designed to add attractiveness to the display; which is relatively simple in its formation and is readily yieldingly adjustable to accommodate a ring or other selected article.

Still further objects and advantages of the invention reside in the design of the blank from which the clip is formed, and in the shaping of the blank and inter-engaging of opposite end portions thereof to adapt the article to serve its intended purposes.

In accomplishing the above mentioned and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details of design of the blank and its formation into a holding, spring clip, the presently preferred form of which is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein- FIGURE 1 is a flat view of the blank from which the present ring holding clip is to be formed.

FIGURE 2 is a side edge view of the blank shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a side view of the clip as shaped, with its opposite end portions inter-engaged, as for holding an article for display.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the present ring holder, illustrating its principal use for ring display.

Referring more in detail to the drawings.

The device of this invention, in a presently preferred formation and use, is as shown in FIGURE 4. It is formed from a single blank that would ordinarily be stamped from a thin sheet of resilient material, which may be metal or any other suitable material, such as plastic, or cardboard that has the resiliency and characteristics of sheet metal that are required for this article.

The blank 10 is in strip form; of relatively narrow width at one end, as at 10a in FIGURE 1, and which is symetrically flared toward its opposite end thus to give it sufficient width, at that end to give the stand or holder to be formed therefrom, the desired stability in its use as presen-tly explained. Approximate dimensions of the blank, as seen in FIGURE 1, as generally formed, are as follows: length 4 inches; width at its narrower end, inch; width at its wider end, 1%". However, these dimensions may be changed to meet requirements for various displays or desires, without requiring change in use of the device. At its narrower end, the blank 10 is formed with an upturned end flange 13, and across its wider end portion at a location somewhat spaced from that end edge, it is formed with a transverse slot 14. Also, at a location slightly spaced from the slot in the direction of its narrower end, it has a V-shaped prong struck upwardly therefrom at a slight angle as best shown in FIGURES 2, 3 and 4.

3,208,713 Patented Sept. 28, 1965 The material of the blank 10, that is immediately below the transverse slot 14 is slightly downwardly depressed or offset, as at 16 in FIGURE 1 to form a pocket for a purpose presently apparent.

To form the hold or display stand, from this blank 10 as above described, its narrower end portion is bent downwardly and then forwardly, to give it the substantially circular loop formation of FIGURE 3. Then the angularly and laterally directed flange or toe portion 13 is projected through the transverse slot 14 in the wider end portion of the blank and is seated in the pocket 16, thus to hold the device in the loop formation of FIGURES 3 and 4. Then, by holding the loop forming portion between thumb and fingers, and pressing there against in the directions indicated by the arrows shown in FIGURE 3, it may be so depressed as to unseat the toe portion 13 to space it upwardly from the pocket 16 and the lower arcuate portion of the ring that is to be displayed may then be engaged between the pocket formed seat 16 and toe 13 as illustrated in FIGURE A where it is yieldingly held in an upright, position for display and viewing. The stand 10 with ring so held, may then be placed on a display surface with the wider end portion of the blank coacting with the base of the looped portion to provide three points of support for the stand that effectively and adequately hold it in functional position as will be understood by viewing FIGURE 4.

The prong 15 as pressed upwardly from the blank may then be used, to coact with the material of the blank that is immediately above and at its opposite edges, for the holding of a price card, or the like, as indicated in dash lines 18 in FIGURE 4.

The blanks 10 from which these articles are made, whether they be of metal, plastic or selected cardboard, may be of ornamental colors to add to the attractiveness of the display. Also they may be made in various sizes and shapes to accommodate articles of various kinds, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Decorating the formed blanks with flocking or fabric overlays is quite effective.

What I claim to be new is:

An article display stand comprising a flat strip of resilient sheet material of substantial width across one end and tapered to a relatively narrow width across its opposite end; said strip being formed across its wider end portion and inwardly spaced from that end edge, with a transverse slot and a depressed pocket adjoining said slot; said strip being sprung between said slot and its narrower end edge into an open loop formation and its narrower end portion projected through said slot and then bent to overlie said pocket as a loop retaining tongue, whereby said tongue is adapted to function both as a loop retainer and as a clamp for an article disposed in said pocket.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 135,786 6/43 Grivin 248-459 483,399 9/92 Smith 20676 1,006,334 10/11 Wright 248-441 1,639,754 8/27 Smith 248-451 2,419,317 4/47 Hall 24874 CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner. 

